“I don’t expect them to ever set foot in this town again.”“I s’pose that’s for the best,” said the man, uncomfortable now. “If you nee... anything, I want you to ask. I’ll help if I can.”“Thank you, sir,” said the woman. “Now, I’m sure you have other business that needs doing. I won’t keep you any longer.”Marian stood, naked, in front of the full length mirror on the back of the bedroom door. Three days had passed, during which she had mourned. She had driven over to the funeral home in Madison. I slapped down a coin, said "Double or quits," lifted my hand and pushed the crown to her. She smiled and pocketed it. I swigged my beer and walked slowly to the Tory's table. I bent, put my hands on his tabletop and said, "Hear you're looking for fighters?" Maybe," he said, nodding at the chair opposite him.I sat. "I'm looking for work, but I only got a pistol." I pulled it out of the back of my belt and put it between us."Awful big knife," the thin man said, gesturing at my bayonet.I smiled. .." I started to ask and she interrupted me."Hot yoga two days a week in the early morning, remember Daddy?" hereyebrow crooked."Oh yeah," I paused as I looked at her. "You know it's creepy as fuck whenI wake up to you staring at me."She blinked a few times and then let out a sigh. "More creepy than when Iwake you up with a knife in my hands?" Much less creepy than that." Okay, well then consider waking up with me staring at you a step in theright direction." I'm going to go take a shower and. To her credit, Julia didn’t bother playing ignorant again. It was obvious that she was into Jackson from how she always talked about him. She just stared back at the door through which Jackson had just left and sighed. “I know.”“Know what?” I scoffed. “Know that it’s a violation of university housing contract to bang your roomie or that doing so is just an overall horrendous idea whether it’s against the rules or not?”“He’s not my roommate,” she argued. “He’s my suitemate. We have different.